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College Factual ranked MBU as #1,521 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
MBU is also ranked #26 out of 48 schools in Missouri.
Missouri Baptist University has an acceptance rate of 71%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 5% of students accepted to MBU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 610. Math scores were between 530 and 590.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Missouri Baptist University, this rate is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Missouri Baptist University is 30%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Missouri Baptist University is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 25% for first-time, full-time students at MBU, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Missouri Baptist University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,046 undergraduates at MBU with 1,380 being full-time and 2,666 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $22,339 | $21,609 | $23,586 | $27,256 | $28,252 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of MBU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At MBU, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $7,859 a year. That adds up to $31,436 over four years for those students.
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See which majors at Missouri Baptist University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Missouri Baptist University.
Contact details for MBU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One College Park Dr, Saint Louis, MO 63141-8698 |
| Phone: | 877-434-1115 |
| Website: | www.mobap.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 111 | $42,461 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 91 | $33,531 |
| Educational Administration | 57 | NA |
| Student Counseling | 52 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 36 | $37,165 |
| Nursing | 28 | $69,968 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 28 | $42,555 |
| Accounting | 21 | $45,681 |
| Special Education | 20 | $35,312 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 19 | $35,595 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 1,728 students took at least one online class at Missouri Baptist University. This is an increase from the 1,622 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,728 | 693 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,622 | 482 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,819 | 640 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,629 | 526 |
Learn more about online learning at Missouri Baptist University.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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